Image: Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar (1822)
Description: The painting combines events from several times during the battle. Nelson's famous signal "England expects..." flies from the Victory (11:50); the top-mizzenmast falls (13:00); the Achille is on fire in the background (late afternoon) and the Redoutable sinks in the foreground (following day). Turner shows the Victory flying her signal flags from the main-mast, although in actuality they would have been flown from the en:mizzen-mast and were replaced with the signal for "engage the enemy more closely" once the battle commenced.
Title: The Battle of Trafalgar
Credit: Downloaded from http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/images/700/BHC0565_700.jpg
Author: J. M. W. Turner
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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Image usage
The following 14 pages link to this image:
- Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
- Battle of Trafalgar
- British people
- Culture of the United Kingdom
- England
- French Imperial Navy
- HMS Victory
- Horatio Nelson
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
- Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet
- The Battle of Trafalgar (painting)
- Trafalgar Day
- Trafalgar campaign
- W. H. R. Rivers
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